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Few would contest the notion that Britain over the first decade of this
millennium changed. By imperceptible degree, entrenched class prejudice and
deference fell away.

The election of new Labour in 1997 played a part, as did the death of Diana,
Princess of Wales, later that year. This was the first government whose
members were first Government born largely since the Second World War, while
the other forced a new settlement between a monarch and her subjects.

Yet a third event three years later arguably had just as much societal impact.
That was the beginning of the Channel 4 reality